Influence of clearance angle on micro/nano structure fabrication in elliptical vibration cutting of hardened steel

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Eiji Shamoto ◽  
Yilong Wang ◽  
Norikazu Suzuki ◽  
Jianguo Zhang



2011 ◽  
Vol 211 (11) ◽  
pp. 1701-1709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinquan Zhang ◽  
A. Senthil Kumar ◽  
Mustafizur Rahman ◽  
Chandra Nath ◽  
Kui Liu






2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 820-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilong Wang ◽  
◽  
Eiji Shamoto ◽  

It has been verified that ultra-precision diamond machining of hardened steel can be realized by applying the elliptical vibration cutting process. This innovative machining technology enables direct machining of steel dies and molds with a single crystal diamond tool and makes the indispensable nickel-plating step in the conventional diamond machining process unnecessary. This not only increases mold tool life, but also reduces the machining cost and cycle time. Therefore, elliptical vibration cutting has been considered as a very promising manufacturing technology for high precision die and mold machining. However, progress in elliptical vibration cutting has been hampered by bottlenecks in machining of large-size steel workpieces owing to the low machining efficiency. This study proposed an efficient machining method, elliptical vibration cutting with a large nose radius single crystal diamond tool. Experimental findings revealed that the proposed machining method had great potential to realize efficient ultra-precision diamond machining of hardened steel. However, it was found that the ploughing phenomenon affected the finished surface quality significantly. To minimize the ploughing effect an analytical model was developed. This model enabled minimization of the ploughing effect by optimizing the machining conditions. Finally, the analytical model was qualitatively validated with a series of plane cutting experiments and the experimental results demonstrated good agreement with the analytical model.



Author(s):  
Xinquan Zhang ◽  
Chandra Nath ◽  
A. Senthil Kumar ◽  
Mustafizur Rahman ◽  
Kui Liu

Ultraprecision machining of hardened steel by the conventional cutting (CC) technique using diamond tools is impossible because of highly chemical affinity between carbon and iron at higher temperature during machining. An intermittently cutting technique, namely, ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting (UEVC) technique has been being applied for high-quality machining of various difficult-to-cut materials for the last decade. However, study on machining of hardened stainless steel using polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools applying this cutting technique has not been reported yet. This study presents an experimental study on UEVC of hardened stainless steel (a typical Stavax of 49 HRC) using PCD tools. Face cutting experiments have been carried out to investigate the effects of conventional machining parameters: depth of cut, feed rate, and spindle rotational speed on the performance parameters such as cutting force, tool flank wear, surface roughness and chip formation. A minimum surface roughness Ra value of 10 nm, measured by a stylus profilometer, was achieved. It can be concluded that, while applying UEVC technique, the inexpensive PCD tools compared to the single crystal diamond tools can be effectively applied to obtain optical surface for producing precise dies and molds from hardened steel.





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